Two fragments of wallpaper from Plymouth, Massachusetts. Pattern of medallions resembling stylized flowers over stripes. Small, scallope-edged medallions with green, radiating foliate figures and red dots at their centers. The medallions, perhaps originally white or light blue, repeat in rows over a red stripe. The ground may have originally been light gray. Block-printed, laid paper, partial sheets.
wallpapers
laid paper
block printing (relief printing process)
stripes
Wallpaper
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
6 3/4 x 13 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.473AB
Probably United States
Block Printed
wall fragment
Grey
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Laid
Paper
medallion
dots
stripes
foliate
flowers
Medallion
Stripe
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